The
palace has rapped PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for
stating that it was convention to submit only one name for the Selangor
Mentri Besar position.
Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, through his private secretary Datuk
Munir Bani, said the norm was for the Prime Minister to submit several
names before a candidate deemed suitable for the role was appointed.
“In 2008, when the state government fell to the Opposition, the
palace wrote to leaders of all the parties to nominate two names for the
Selangor Mentri Besar post.
“When all three parties unanimously nominated Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim,
who also fit the criteria as stated under the Selangor constitution,
the Sultan agreed to appoint him,” Munir said in a statement issued
Thursday
After the 2013 general election, which again saw Pakatan ruling the
state, Munir said he was instructed by Sultan Sharafuddin to write to
the three parties to nominate four names for the position of the Mentri
Besar.
He said this was because PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan
Ismail had, during an election campaign, said Khalid might not be
reappointed as Mentri Besar.
“Although the palace did receive other nominees for the position, the
three party leaders also nominated Khalid to administrate the
government for a second time and given that he had good ties with palace
officials, the Sultan decided to appoint him again,” the statement
said.
According to Munir, even though it was not the policy of the palace
to release such information, the situation was such that a clarification
was needed to ease the confusion that had surfaced.
He also urged Anwar to get his facts right before issuing any statement on the matter.
“He (Anwar) is advised not to issue statements that could confuse the people or make the Selangor Sultan look bad,” he said.
Anwar had said that the practice of submitting only one name as the
Mentri Besar candidate had been followed since the country achieved
independence in 1957.
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